aka Gary Ginsberg
From the category archives:
Anytime is a good time to choose greener cleaning products. But especially so in the wintertime when your home is air tight to keep out the cold winds. Whatever you scrub and spray with can linger in the air for hours to days. Unfortunately, there is very little testing or oversight of cleaning products so [...]
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Did you know that just by switching a light bulb you can save $80 - that how much a typical compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) saves over the course of its lifespan. But as you can see in a previous blog entry CFLs contain mercury and that is an environmental issue if not properly recycled, and [...]
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Watching today’s inaugural gala, the huge carbon footprint of this event is strikingly apparent. Showy gowns, 12 different ”balls”, transformation of the Washington Mall into a stage for a million onlookers, and of course the travel footprint of all those inspired Americans who came to be part of history. I suppose we can’t deny ourselves a celebration over what appears to [...]
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I hate to make your world more complex, but today’s world is pretty complex. A compact flourescent lightbulb (CFL) is a great energy saving device and no home should be using the energy hog old lightbulb technology. However, CFLs contain trace amounts of a toxic element, mercury.
This makes 2 things more complex about CFLs:
1) Disposal [...]
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Recycling your worn out sneakers is super easy - bring them to Wolcott School in West Hartford (on Wolcott Road, just off New Britian Ave). The sneakers will be turned into running tracks and other play surfaces as part of the Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe Program. Wolcott School will have a drop spot in front of the school [...]
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